10-26-2005

中国八天内第三次报禽流感疫情 (China Reports Third Bird Flu Outbreak in Eight Days)

中国在8天内第3次报告禽鸟中发生了大规模禽流感疫情。有关官员说，星期六在中部湖南省发现的最新禽流感疫情导致500多只鸡鸭死亡。近来的另外两起疫情发生在安徽省和内蒙古。

在欧洲，卫生官员说，化验结果证实禽流感病毒已经扩散到克罗地亚。那里的官员开始在发现天鹅死亡地点的附近地区屠宰家禽。东亚一些国家以及俄罗斯、罗马尼亚和土耳其都发现了H5N1病毒。多数欧洲国家正在对死亡的野鸟进行监测这种病毒的化验。欧盟星期二开始实行更严格的农产品进口规则，并禁止进口宠物鸟。

到目前为止，有60多人死于禽流感，而且都在亚洲。最近若干天，世界卫生官员一直在开会讨论如果防止一场在全球大规模蔓延的疫情。

China has reported another mass outbreak of avian flu in a flock of birds - the third such incident in the past eight days. Officials said Wednesday that the flu killed more than 500 chickens and ducks in central Hunan province on Saturday. The two other recent outbreaks were in Anhui Province and Inner Mongolia.

In Europe, health officials say tests now confirm bird flu has spread to Croatia. Officials there have begun slaughtering poultry flocks near where infected dead swans were found. The H5N1 virus has been found in several countries in east Asia, as well as in Russia, Romania and Turkey. Most European nations are now testing dead wild birds for the virus. The European Union Tuesday tightened agricultural import regulations, and banned the import of pet birds.

So far, more than 60 people have died from bird flu - all of them in Asia. In recent days, world health officials have gathered to discuss efforts to prevent a global pandemic.

巴领袖阿巴斯警告激进分子勿攻击以色列 (Palestinian Leader Abbas Warns Militants Against Attacking Israel)

巴勒斯坦人领袖阿巴斯警告激进分子停止对以色列火箭袭击。他说，袭击会给以色列发动进攻提供借口。阿巴斯星期三对巴勒斯坦议会发表讲话说，激进分子无权随心所欲地违反同以色列达成的停火协议。他再次誓言要对激进分子采取强硬手段。

星期三早些时候，巴勒斯坦激进分子从巴勒斯坦境内向以色列南部发射自制火箭后，以色列对加沙地带进行了空袭和炮轰，到目前为止还没有这两起事件造成伤亡的报导。

另外，以色列国防部长莫法兹说，以色列和埃及已经就重新开放连接加沙地带和埃及的拉法边界的条件达成协议。莫法兹在开罗同埃及总统穆巴拉克会面后作出上述表示。莫法兹说，拉法边界的活动将由巴勒斯坦和埃及共同管理，欧洲检查人员监督。但是，重新开放的日期还没有宣布。

Palestinian leader Abbas has warned militants to stop launching rocket attacks on Israel, saying the strikes are giving Israel an excuse to launch its own strikes. In an address to the Palestinian parliament Wednesday, Abbas said militants do not have the right to violate a ceasefire with Israel whenever it suits them. He vowed again to be tough on militants.

Earlier Wednesday, Israel launched air and artillery strikes in Gaza, after Palestinian militants fired homemade rockets from the territory into southern Israel. No casualties were reported in either incident.

In other developments, Israeli Defense Mofaz said Israel and Egypt have reached agreement on conditions for reopening the Rafah border crossing that links Gaza to Egypt. Mofaz spoke in Cairo, after meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak. Mofaz said the Rafah crossing will be operated under joint Palestinian-Egyptian management, with European inspectors monitoring the crossing. No date was announced for the reopening.